Daming Crazy Emperor

Greed is human nature and the driving force behind human development.

Of course, this does not mean that being greedy is good.

There is a limit to everything, and excessive greed is the root cause of all kinds of problems.

People do not distinguish between rich and poor, high or low, regardless of their status, if they are too greedy, they will go astray.

Duke Goodman is an extremely greedy person, and this kind of person is the easiest to be led astray.

Seeing Duke Goodman's greedy look, Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen couldn't help muttering in low voices.

Obviously, this is a great opportunity, and the guy is a little bit obsessed with gems.

The two of them whispered for a while, and then Xu Yunzhen leaned over to flatter her and said, "How about it, Your Excellency, do you still like this little gift?"

Duke Goodman nodded repeatedly and said: "The two young dukes are so polite, I am a little embarrassed to accept such an expensive gift."

Are you looking embarrassed?
This guy is indeed extremely greedy and lustful.

Xu Yunzhen immediately hinted: "Your Excellency, you also know that our Ming Empire has a lot of money, so this gift is really nothing.

In the future, as long as you come and walk around more, there will be many gifts. "

This one.

No matter how stupid Duke Goodman was, he could tell that he was being bribed!
He thought for a while, and then said noncommittally: "You know, I am the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, and I am very busy all day. It is not easy to come here!"

What this guy means is that there is drama!

Hearing this, Xu Yunzhen stretched out her hand, and said with a mean smile while making gestures: "Your Excellency, time is just like a woman's thing, if you squeeze it, there will always be something."

These two little guys are just too much for my liking.

Duke Goodman also nodded with a mean smile and said: "Yes, time is like that thing for women, there will always be some squeeze."

Hearing this, Xu Yunzhen hurriedly said: "Then Your Excellency the Duke must come over more often."

Duke Goodman thought for a while, then suddenly sighed: "Oh, that's all for the future, how can I explain this to His Majesty the King when I go back this time?"

Very good, this guy is very good, he knows that he is soft on others, if he wants to continue to take it, he has to cooperate.

Xu Yunzhen said solemnly: "We really don't know about Africa.

You should also know that it takes a lot of money to raise 50 mercenaries.

Our Ming Empire no longer needs to fight wars, so naturally we can no longer spend so much money to hire so many people.

Therefore, after taking over French West Africa, we sent back all 50 mercenaries.

We have terminated this employment relationship with them long ago, and we have no control over what they do. "

Well, this relationship is very clean.

Since they are mercenaries, they naturally take money to do things.

The Ming Empire has terminated their employment relationship with them, and they have not given them any money. What they do has nothing to do with the Ming Empire.

At this time, Duke Goodman will naturally not care whether what others say is true or not, so what is true, and what is false, as long as His Majesty the King can fool him.

He nodded slightly, and then asked again: "Then why do they have so many muskets, cannons and warships?
Also, where did their stuff that popped out suddenly and could set the armored battleship on fire come from? "

Xu Yunzhen still said seriously: "We are very clear about this, because we did not equip these black slaves as mercenaries before the war with the anti-Habsburg alliance.

Most of them worked in the shipyards and artillery foundries in the capital of Western Yin. After working for so long, they naturally learned.

You also know that there is not much technical content in this muzzle-loading artillery and arquebus.

They also have a lot of samples in their hands, and I believe they can make it as long as they try to make it according to the samples.

As for the thing that popped out suddenly, we haven't seen it before, so it's not easy to talk nonsense, we really don't know about it. "

Well, this is barely plausible.

It seems that we can go back to the business.

Duke Goodman nodded slightly, then sighed again: "Oh, I'm afraid I have to go back this time. I've been waiting here for 20 days. Our Majesty the King must be waiting impatiently."

No hurries?
We've just come here, and you're leaving, so what can we do?
Xu Yunzhen immediately pretended to be reluctant and said: "Your Excellency, don't be in a hurry to go back, how fun is it for us to drink, eat meat, and dance together?

How about we arrange someone to decorate here later, and we will hold a grand dance here tonight? "

When Duke Goodman heard this, his face flushed with excitement.

He scratched and said: "This is not good, I will go back in two days at most, or next time I will find an excuse to come over and have a good time with you?"

You guys don't seem to be very smart.

Xu Yunzhen could only remind: "Your Excellency, you also know that it usually takes at least a month to travel between America and Europe.

You've only been waiting here for 20 days, it's still early, you can play for ten days before going back! "

Yes, it's still early.

Even if he goes back in ten or so days, it will be fine.

Duke Goodman immediately said excitedly: "Okay, then I will go back in about ten days."

That's right, we just want you to play until you can't bear to leave, play it so that you can't forget it, and play it fascinated!
Xu Yunzhen immediately raised her hand to beckon Zhang Zhiji and Qi Panzong, and pretended to be excited to discuss the arrangements for the evening.

If they want to do it, they will naturally have to make a big scene.

The nobles on the European side seem to be particularly interested in grilled meat, and they also like to grill the whole thing, as if the bigger and rarer the grilled meat, the more face it will have.

This is nothing to Xu Yunzhen and Zhang Zhiji.

The roast suckling pig is too small to be interesting, and it would be strange to come directly to a big wild boar of two or three hundred catties.

There are also cattle and sheep, which are not worth much, so just roast a few whole heads.

There are also sika deer, antelope, wildebeest, and even crocodiles, boa constrictors, etc., as long as they can be found, they can arrange it.

As for the favorite coffee, fruit wine, and desserts of the European nobles, that's not a problem.

After Duke Goodman had these two "playmates", he really had a great time.

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen not only invited all his old friends these days, they even sent people to other cities to bring over a bunch of beautiful ladies.

The beauty of that scene cannot be described in words.

Of course, Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen were not very interested in these chaotic ladies.

They just prepare all kinds of rare ingredients for others, and then accompany them to eat and drink.

In fact, these things are rare in Europe, and they are really worthless in America and Africa.

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen will not give Duke Goodman any money at this moment, they are going to use these so-called rare things and messy ladies to hang this guy first, set him up, and let this guy keep betraying Spanish secrets.

The more secrets this guy betrays, the more handles they have.

When the time comes to make a move at a critical moment, and use an irresistible high price to coerce and lure them, it won't work if this guy doesn't do things for them.

Not to mention, in the past ten days or so, they have set out a lot of useful secrets.

For example, the plan to abandon North Africa and Ceuta was proposed by Wallenstein to Philip IV.

For another example, Wallenstein has gone to the west of the Holy Roman Empire to recruit mercenaries.

For another example, both Felipe IV and Wallenstein hope that Ming can attack East and South Africa to help them weaken the strength of the anti-Habsburg alliance.

As soon as these news came back, Taichang immediately began to plan to attack East Africa.

Originally, he was worried that Spain would occasionally get stuck in a warship of the West African Navy in the Strait of Gibraltar, but now he doesn't have to worry at all.

Since people took the initiative to give up the southern part of the Strait of Gibraltar and wanted them to attack East Africa, they would naturally not go to the warships of the Cassia Navy.

On the Cape Verde Islands, on Taichang's flagship, Zhang Mingshi, Zhang Yuanfang, Zheng Hongkui, Zuma and Atlantis gathered together again.

Taichang exchanged a few words with everyone and said solemnly: "Atlante, how is it? How many Berbers have been recruited?"

Atlanta hurriedly cupped her hands and said, "Your Majesty, the quota for 50 Berber youths has been fully recruited."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked: "What do these young Berbers say? Are they willing to follow you to East Africa to deal with the colonists of France, Tsarist Russia, and the Ottoman Empire?"

These 50 Berbers are the property he prepared for Atlanta.

After all, Zuma came back with 50 people to form the East African Empire. Atlantis couldn't just go bare-bottomed to form the East African Empire.

The key now is that it seems that Spain and the Holy Roman Empire are bullying the Berbers, but this time they are indeed fighting against the coalition forces of France, Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire.

The Berbers seem to have no hatred or hatred with them, so why should they go all out with them.

The morale of the army is the most important thing in this war. If people really don't want to go all out for no reason, then they have to think of other ways.

Unexpectedly, Atlanta said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, they are willing to go, because there are many Berbers in the land of ancient Egypt.

In fact, it turned out that the entire North Africa was the territory of the Berbers, but after ancient Egypt became stronger, it conquered all the surrounding Berber tribes. "

Does this even involve ancient Egypt?
It's too far away.

Taichang thought for a while, then asked, "What's the situation in Egypt now?"

Atlanta said without hesitation: "In fact, Egypt has long since fallen. They have been conquered by the Roman Empire, the Great Food Empire and the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire has occupied the capital of Egypt for hundreds of years. The original Egyptian pharaohs have long since ceased to exist, and the Berbers are also the lowest slaves there.

In fact, it turns out that there are much more Berbers in the east of North Africa than in the west. After all, there is a Nile River there, with abundant water sources and oases everywhere, which is much better than here.

However, since they were enslaved, they have been precarious, and it is not easy to survive. Therefore, many Berbers were forced to move from the east. "

It turned out to be the case.

This is tantamount to helping them fight back to their hometown!

well.

Taichang stared at the map for a while, and couldn't help but mocked: "The Duke of Richelieu is really good at calculating, let Spain and the Holy Roman Empire fight against us head-on, let Britain, Sweden and Denmark go to South Africa thousands of miles away, but they It was to capture East Africa through the stronghold of the Ottoman Empire at the mouth of the Nile.

No wonder Felipe IV was so angry that he would rather give up the fortress of Ceuta and let us attack East Africa.

This is very beneficial to us, and we can completely use the contradictions between them to break through each other. "

This Duke Richelieu is indeed an old fox, easy to calculate.

However, in terms of calculation, the old fox is far worse than them.

Zhang Mingshi nodded slightly, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what strategy should we adopt this time?"

This one.

When Taichang heard the words, he couldn't help but be stunned.

It is definitely not possible to use the previous strategy. They are not fools. Both Spain and the Holy Roman Empire have suffered a big loss. They will definitely not foolishly run into the encirclement.

What strategy will you use this time?

He stared at the map carefully for a while, and then said decisively: "This time we want to change our strategy. We will close the door and beat the dog. First, we will take Cairo, the capital of ancient Egypt, and block the mouth of the Nile River. Thousands of horses have no place to run!"

Since people won't be fooled easily, then come hard and block the mouth of the Nile River, let's see where you go!